Record-breaker Taylor lives the dream
A Lord’s centurion and now the youngest women’s player to pass 1,000 runs in one-day cricket - Sarah Taylor is certainly enjoying a summer to remember.
The 19-year-old reached the latest landmark in yesterday’s 10-wicket hammering of India at Taunton, tucking away a single to reach the required 16 runs she needed to eclipse the previous record - held by India skipper Mithali Raj, who was 21 years and a week when she brought up the feat.
“I was aware of it at the start of the India series,” Taylor told ecb.co.uk.
“It was on my mind and it was making me nervous. I was relieved to get there. I did not celebrate but it was a proud moment for me. Caroline Atkins said ‘well done’ as she knew what it meant to me, but I knew I still had a job to do. I wanted to get the record and then press [...]